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NS - French Creek Bridge

Chester County, Pennsylvania

Photo 

Abandoned French Creek Bridge Phoenixviile, PA

Overview loking towards Phoenixville

Photo taken by Raymond Klein

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BH Photo #158071

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Former Pennsylvania RR Schuylkill Div
Location
Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Status
Abandoned
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Deck plate girder
Also called
PRR - French Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.13434, -75.52646   (decimal degrees)
40°08'04" N, 75°31'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/455149/4442800 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Phoenixville
Inventory number
BH 44449 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,646)
Chester County, Pennsylvania (158)
Deck girder (5,742)
Girder (10,231)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,916)
Owned by railroad (12,415)
 Pennsylvania (5,317)
Pennsylvania Railroad (882)
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (12)
Plate girder (7,920)
Railroad (15,411)

Update Log 

  • August 9, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • January 9, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added GPS cords.
  • March 14, 2010: Updated by Raymond Klein: Added Phoenixville, PA to name.

Sources 

  • Raymond Klein - Bookshelfthe [at] msn [dot] com
  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
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Abandoned French Creek Bridge Phoenixville, PA
Posted February 1, 2014, by george oakley (georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

does anyone know the current status of this abandoned r.r. bridge?please let me know.thanks.